Chapter 830 562: Crusade
"Haha, this is the right choice. Since you caused all this, you need to have the courage to take on some of the responsibility. I think, if you boldly go in with us to save people, when the reporters report this, saying that as a manager you personally risked your life, set an example, not only will the public's anger towards you decrease, but even your superiors might think you're a decent person and won't take this incident out on you in the future."
Xia Liang smiled faintly, giving guidance.
Sure enough, after Xia Liang spoke, Wang Zhen's eyes immediately lit up. Just now, he was too scared to think about these things.
Now that Xia Liang mentioned it, he actually felt it made sense.
Because the Guoli Mall incident was so atrocious, it was likely causing a nationwide uproar, and his superiors must have noticed it too.
Sooner or later, they would call, and if they find out he did nothing, they might have him take the blame.
Although he definitely bore the greatest responsibility for this incident because there was no water in the mall's fire hydrants and they were never checked, that was his responsibility. But if he went into the fire scene with God Xia and others to save lives, maybe the anger towards him would lessen a bit.
"Yeah, yeah, God Xia is right, why didn't I think of this?"
Wang Zhen immediately perked up, rolled up his sleeves, and said energetically.
"God Xia, if you have any instructions or plans next, feel free to tell me, I will fully cooperate with you."
Xia Liang smiled lightly and said.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely need you later."
After saying that, Xia Liang approached Cao Jin and said.
"Captain Cao, what difficulties are you encountering now?"
Cao Jin directly conveyed his difficulties to Xia Liang, who pondered for a moment and said,
"Have people take out the hoses again, reinstall the hoses on each truck."
Cao Jin didn't hesitate at all. He quickly grabbed the device to instruct the people inside to pull them out.
He knew that since Xia Liang said so, there must be a way to solve the problem of insufficient hose length.
Not long after, all the firefighters who went in for rescue came out pulling the hoses.
In just this short moment, the firefighters almost collapsed from exhaustion, some were covered in soot, and others immediately removed their masks to take big gulps of fresh air as soon as they got out.
Meanwhile, Cao Jin instructed the waiting firefighters outside to disassemble all the hoses and reattach them to other fire trucks. In no time, hoses from more than a dozen fire trucks were all installed, and everyone stood by, eyes fixed on Xia Liang, awaiting his next miraculous move.
At this moment, Liu Tongtong had already come to the firefighters with a phone, starting interviews.
"Firefighter brother, you've worked hard. How is the situation inside right now? Many viewers in the live stream are concerned about the fire situation in the mall. Could you tell everyone about the situation inside? And those trapped, when can they be rescued?"
Liu Tongtong aimed the phone at a firefighter and asked.
The firefighter looked up at Liu Tongtong, initially reluctant to speak, but Yun Bing beside him reminded,
"This female anchor's live room has over 10 million followers, meaning over 10 million people are focusing on this fire incident. If you have any difficulties, you can talk about them now."
Upon hearing this, the firefighter's eyes lit up, and he said.
"Sigh, the situation is grim. First of all, the challenge we face is there's no water in the mall's fire hydrants. In this case, we can only use the water from our fire trucks. But, it's uncertain whether we have enough water. Most crucially, our hose length is far from sufficient. Just now, we connected all the hoses from the fire trucks to one truck to fight the fire. In this way, although the length was enough, the water pressure was significantly weakened, making firefighting inadequate. Fortunately, God Xia has started working his magic there, hoping he can solve the hose length issue. By then, more than a dozen fire trucks can operate simultaneously, pouring water inside the mall to control the fire."
"And those trapped hostages are all on the second floor. The smoke inside is thick, with a lot of toxic gas. We currently can't get in. We can only hope those people can find some self-rescue measures and wait for our support. We will spare no effort to rescue everyone."
After finishing, the firefighter just lay on the ground, too exhausted to even speak.
Liu Tongtong also looked sombrely at the live stream and said.
"I believe everyone heard what this firefighter brother just said. The situation inside is dire. If there was water in the mall's fire hydrants, this wouldn't have happened. Alright, let's go see how God Xia is doing now. We don't know if he can extend these fire hose lengths to what's needed for rescue."
Saying this, Liu Tongtong pointed the camera at Xia Liang. At this moment, the live stream had reached over 16 million viewers, which is quite rare in live streams nationwide.
[Damn, how could something like this happen? This mall is really playing with its customers' lives!]
[This is just too vile. This situation must be severely punished; we can't let the mall just pass through so easily.]
[Don't worry, buddy, the authorities will definitely launch an investigation into such a big deal. The mall bears significant responsibility. Now we just hope God Xia can quickly extend the fire hoses and resolve the current predicament.]
[Yeah, yeah, also wonder what the situation inside is like. Hopefully, they're okay, otherwise, who knows how many families might be shattered due to the mall's negligence.]
Liu Tongtong's live broadcast turned Guoli Mall into a target of national outrage.
But at this moment, no one could worry about that, since saving lives was the urgent need.
Xia Liang approached a fire truck and said to several firefighters nearby.
"Can a few firefighters help pull this hose?"
Immediately, four or five firefighters followed, coming to Xia Liang's side and grabbing the hose.
"Alright, thank you all, now help pull the hose into the mall together."
Xia Liang said to them.
Everyone knows this fire hose is only ten meters long, and now hearing Xia Liang ask them to pull it together, the firefighters were puzzled because they hadn't seen Xia Liang perform any magic.
But they didn't question it, and instead stepped forward to help.